VN - Ren'Py - Rebirth [Ep.5 Update 13] [LikesBlondes]

A visual novel that closely follows Vampire the Masquerade in lore and setting.

****This is a mature game that is NOT porn, some nudity and such is present but only as a part of a greater story****

Disclaimer over, the renders will not hold up to 'Being a DIK' or 'Milfy City' standards but to my eyes are still attractive and in many ways the facial expressions beat most other games in quality but the real reason I rated this so highly is the characterisation and plot. Its a gripping game and I played through Episode one in one playthrough.

Now the negative, its a gipping game and I blew though lots of loving effort in one playthrough!

First, it must be said that although this is an adult game, this is not a porn game. If you are just looking for mindless sex scenes this game will disappoint you, so please avoid it.

It's a story of a man who discover that mythical creatures that should only exists in fiction books do really exists. And he is brought into that world.

The story is very well written, and if you look at the posts you will see that most of them talk about the plot and the future of the story.

If you played any of White Wolf's World of Darkness pen and paper RPGs, or even played Vampire: The Masquerade, Bloodlines on PC, you will find yourself at home with this excellent game.

This is a review written by someone who didn't play Vampires: The Masquerade ever! Let me tell you that I liked what's been done here nevertheless. It's a story-driven VN about discord between humans and different kind of vampires in a modern fantasy world. The protagonist suddenly becomes a vampire without knowing anything about them. You can follow his way... struggling, being desperate, finding help, new hope, getting stronger.

Anyway, caps were hard to read when locked close together. Sounds are quite monotonous without supporting any mood in particular. English dialogs are probably not polished yet, though well written and easy to understand. If you're not looking for the next best fap source over here, just give it a shot. Very adult, nudity inside! Recommended to check out ep1 just for the story.

As for ep2.xx I daresay: character development is nonexistent (-)

Currently one of my favorites! And this even though it is not a typical adult VN. Or maybe I like it just because of that. The game simply takes its time to plausibly tell the story and building relationships between the characters. There's no rushed Sex, no quickly added animation because other devs have it too. (Almost) everything is just right in the game.

But: this game is NOT for those who are looking for a "quick fap" - they will be disappointed from the game.


Good:
– Story, Characters
– Renders, Models (Sharon...), most graphics
– Models and locations
- Updates (every month)

Average:
– The lack of Animations (its better for having none then bad ones)
– The music/sound ( it's not bad - but not good either)
– some graphics are "funny" - for example the "backflip" of Carmen, some facial expressions (Miri)
- the "adult" content. Only some nudity and a little teasing

Rather bad:
- Some points can only be reached by a random generator - in my opinion this is nonsense.

Summary:
This would be 4 points in neutral terms. But there are some reasons for me to rate with 5 points:
1. Sharon (oh well, she's so beautiful...)
2. I got 2 "bad" points fixed with the Audio/Cheating Mod (the randomizer and the average music)
3. The really good and exciting story

Review of EP1 and EP2

Vampire stories are really hard to do these days...they've been done to death (pun intended). To write a vampire story that's interesting is a real challenge. Why? Because we all know the basics. But at their core, modern vampire stories are a reflection of humanity.

The story begins with the MC and his best friend Laurie as popular DJs. MC ends up performing a gig on his own one night and is turned by a mysterious woman. He gets very sick and is picked up by a vampire, Sharon; who has been tasked with training him.

The culture of vampire society is slowly developed as are the powers that the MC obtains over time (in this story, vamps have different powers based on their lineage).

The story managed to suck me in (pun intended) and keep me glued to the screen through both episodes. LikeBlondes crafts a world that's familiar (thereby accessible) but different enough to keep it interesting. For a story with no sex yet (only nudity), there's still a slow erotic burn here between MC and Sharon. This may be one of the games my wife would enjoy. There are real stakes (pun not intended) in this story. It's a vampire story, people will die, vampires are hunted, and there are a few good antagonists...whose motivations are not totally known.

The characters are interesting and they all have different motivations. Rather than make those motivations obvious, they're slowly uncovered. We still don't know all the characters' motivations which keeps the reader interested. The characters are relatable and surprisingly human.

The renders are very good, no animations.

While the lack of sex in this game may keep some people from playing it, those that enjoy a well-crafted erotic story will enjoy this game.

My only real issue with this game is that the development time is very slow. 2 episodes over the course of a year. This game may take 4 years to complete at the current rate. This isn't a criticism of the author as not everyone can develop games full-time, just an observation.

Graphics - 9/10
Animations - N/A
Story - 9/10
Characters - 9/10
Fun - 9/10

Played this game for the first time, yesterday. It's as if you're watching a very decent vampire movie while playing. I usually skip the lines to get to the next sex scene, asap. This game has virtually no sex scenes, yet. Just some nudity. The build up is VERY slow. But the story and the renders make up for that. It makes you really want to keep playing. You really want to know what happens, next. Therefore I can definitely recommend you guys or gals to play this game.

This game is great, actual narrative, unique models, good renders, etc.

What is surprising is how lacking the sex scenes are in contrast to how much the story progresses, which I am sure will be corrected in further episodes. Also I wished the music followed more the tones of the scenes, instead of having a few songs on repeat.

Finally I appreciate a Vampire game that isn't tacky and that's not an easy feat to achieve. I'll be looking forward to the final product.

3/5

EDIT: Ep. 2 Up.8

Still almost no sex scenes and no animation or sound (there is a mod), this game could be great but the dev seems more interested in the VN aspect rather than the sex game aspect. So I had to change my 4 rating down to a 3, hopefully it will get corrected by episode 3.

i just finished the 1st episode and im super impressed, though the lack of lewd scenes is disappointing. The world is based on Vampires: The Masquerade and i love the Bloodlines game so it pretty much felt like home, the characters look amazing and the writing is also pretty good. But like i said, you need to temper your expectations, there are some scenes with nudity but other than that nothing else. Im off to see whats next.

Edit: So finishing what's done so far in the 2nd episode was pretty fast, but most of the stuff that are true in the 1st also apply to the 2nd one, it has a bit more nudity which is always welcome. Still its a great story and i hope that it will be finished. As lacking as it is in the lewd department i still love it and definitely keeping my eyes on this one

I usually don't like supernatural and mind-control tags since those are often end up boring VN's.. Saying Rebirth surpassed my expectations is downplaying my enjoyment, damn. Honestly, I felt so amazed by my experience of it. World making was so insane. Later on from here I learned it was based on Vampire The Masquerade. I knew how good that game was but I haven't played it because it was an old game. Now I regret it.

Now onto the game itself, I liked the plot and story is being told amazingly. It is mesmerizing. I thought my choices were like the only way the game would play out, like a movie. Brilliantly immersive. I was going to complain about the collection of girls since they were few but, after spending time with Sharon it came very naturally that she is the only girl MC will ever need.

Regarding to almost non-existing the lewd scenes, when the player naturally wants to pick the sensible, nicer option for a girl rather than the usual lewd choice, you know the game got you good. It just felt natural. Characters do feel alive(no pun intended), rather than simple sex objects.

Renders are brilliant, models look very pristine. Attention to the detail is insane. Especially for the nos species of vampires. Animations/Short videos would be a nice bonus if they ever arrive, but I'm not that hurt that they are missing. Not vital for a VN.

This is one of my favorite games on this site and the reasons are, the story is intriguing, the setting is inspired by VTM from what I can tell and the author does an excellent job bringing it to life, or unlife, and making it their own, the characters are all amazing in their own way, and I like how the MC behaves for the most part and where the choices are, although I normally don't like RGN it does bring a little bit of the tabletop to the game which is great, the renders are also amazing, really just an excellent job all around so far.

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Have been waiting for something to catch my attention and this right here has me waiting for the next update! Already at the edge on my seat. Models are looking hella fine and the story has me trying to figure whats next. Hope to see this project blow up and get a big following.

The story writing is great. Really. It's really good. The story has a lot of potential to go in very interesting directions, and I hope that it does. I am looking forward to learning more about this story, which is a really great sign for a porn VN. The author is definitely going for the slow burn build - up to the good stuff... which is fine IMO if the story is well written, and it is.

The character modeling is exemplary. It's not the very best but it's quality is high enough that if you know what to expect in the porn VN genre, the art quality in this VN high quality, high effort. Well done.

So far, the choices in the VN seem to all be rewarding being a good guy. I'm fine with the MC being a good guy, it's jut that the choices don't feel like they matter. The choices are like.... do the good guy thing rather than the horn-ball thing... and you are rewarded with positive relations with people you want to have sex with but no action. At this rate, choosing the hornball option may be the only way to get any action even though the author seems to want you to choose the other option.

The rest of what I have to say contains minor story elements, but no big spoilers.

Really well written and engaging story. It is not often that I read every line in a visual novel, but this story just hooked me. A lot of nudity and beatiful characters, but not a game for those looking for as many sex scenes as possible.

What can i say its a basic vampire story but there is no choice to be good or bad, its just good and a white knight vampire is rarther boring to play as all the action has to come from other characters MC just reacts to it and tries to do as little as possible.

The MC is quite dumb and way way too much of a simp.

The writing is ok for the most part but MC dosent react like normal people would, for example after being mind controlled and told you now have to lose everyone you love or even be able to go out in the day time again, any normal person would be super angry but the MC shugrs it off as if being told that is a daily occurrence, then he is happy to go along with whatever his new masters say.

As i said the story only has a good route so all the "choices" like touch her while sleeping or any that go against/reject sharon at all are totally pointless, there is no plot route that follows the negative side.

There is way too many negatives to being a vampire in this game(not being able to get it up for one) and almost nothing to gain from being a vampire.

On the plus side the art is very well done and the whole game has a quality feel about it.

[ep2 up2]

The hype is real with this one.

First of all, the writing is excellent. Natural dialogues. Great world building (most of the lore is borrowed but the source material is one of the best in existence), dependable MC, real characters with their own motivations and desires. Pretty nice pacing. NPCs won't all of a sudden dump their entire backstory on you as soon as you meet which is realistic.

One thing that is kind of lacking is the player's agency or ability to shape the world around them. At least so far. It's mostly linear and we are playing a fairly straight laced guy around characters that do things on their own accord rather than just existing to placate the MC. This isn't much of a problem if we are able to get invested in the story telling. The author wants to tell a story and we are here for the ride.

Oh I guess another thing that is lacking would be the amount of adult content. It's really bare bones. Zero sex scenes. Barely any foreplay or even teasing. Our expectations are shattered immediately when our first feeding is a choice between 3 dudes lol. That said, I wouldn't quite say that it's deliberate blue balling. Rather, the writer is going for a realistic take on how these characters would interact given the circumstances and their personality. This is absolutely not a porn game. Think of it like Vampire Masquerade fan fiction.

Renders are serviceable. I personally don't think the models are the hottest or the camera work exceptional. It's average to above average, but it gets the job done. Great depiction of nos though.

The music.... the music could really use some work. There is like 1 or 2 tracks and it gets monotonous. Great soundtrack should add to the scenes, bringing out the appropriate emotions to supplement what's happening. In this game, the music is just kind of... there.

So well... I guess I touched upon lots of small quips that I had, but the overall experience was indeed excellent. The writing can definitely carry this VN.

Well damn, what a ride
Little actual sex, but the story is god damn worth it.
The MC and the main cast of characters are pretty interesting and the plot super engaging. Very cool character development as well.
Really eager to see what the dev has in store next !

Good story, great renders. Nice designs on the different vampires.
No sex on ep1, or at least not in the playthrough I did but some good nudity, but honestly not bothered by the lack of sex.
Will be intersted in the next episodes and the oncoming story. Think I'll wait for each episode to be fully complete just I don't have to wait on mid-episode cliffhangers.

Highly recommend if anyone's interested in a story driven low sex game, but as I said that's just cause of my first playthrough

Excellent story writing, Great character development

Update once every month

renders are absolutely beautiful 5/5

Maybe i'm biased but love the main female character she has passion, emotion and should not be pissed off. Second female character absolutely adorable The main guy is a bit of (he said it himself a pepe le pew with fangs) he tries to get pussy but still has failed everytime . Can't fault a guy for having perseverance and he has a lot of it

The story itself could last as long the developers wants it to last and that the beauty of this VN (i hope it does )

If you want to try it i highly suggest

Chapters 1 and 2, at the time of writing, feature a pretty interesting story that heavily builds on character development, instead of a sea of shallow characters and overwhleming lore. On top of that the game looks gorgeous and feels good, despite the currently low amount of sexual content.

Plus you can't exactly go wrong with vampires now, can you?